Don't quote me but I hear were short of skippers. I joined about 18 months ago as a DEC. On my course were a few ex BA types who seem to have phoned flybe in the morning, and were on the type rating curse in the afternoon. Well, possibly not that fast, but you get the idea.
If your offered a job, it'll be for the Q400. I overtook a hurc the other day in it, so its fairly fast.